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Converting the Missionaries The Wheeler Family and the Ojibwe
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Converting the Missionaries [electronic resource] : The Wheeler Family and the Ojibwe / by Nancy Bunge.
ISBN
9783031517808
Edition
1st ed. 2024.
Publication
Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.
Physical Description
1 online resource (XX, 204 p.) 8 illus.
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Summary
This book tells the uncommon story of a missionary family in the Midwestern United States, and their interactions with the indigenous Ojibwe. When Leonard and Harriet Wheeler arrived at La Pointe, Wisconsin in July of 1841, hoping to help the Ojibwe understand and accept the value of Christian civility, they did not expect such a profound transformation of their own lives. The Wheelers' empathy for the Ojibwe not only grew during their twenty-five years of mission work in Northern Wisconsin, much of it spent trying to protect the Ojibwe from predatory whites, it also influenced the lives of their children. Nancy Bunge, a Professor Emerita at Michigan State University, also served as a Senior Fulbright Lecturer in American Literature and Culture at the University of Vienna, the Free University of Brussels, the University of Ghent, and the University of Siegen. She was a visiting scholar at Harvard Divinity School.
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English
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April 10, 2024
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Leonard and Harriet's Backgrounds Prepare them to Respect the Ojibwe
Chapter 3. The Wheelers Adjust to the Ojibwe and Each Other
Chapter 4. Settling in with the Ojibwe at Bad River
Chpater 5. Trying to Convince the Government to Honor the 1854 Treaty Destroys Leonard Wheeler's Health
Chapter 6. The Wheelers Leave Bad River, but Do Not Forget It
Chapter 7. William Wheeler Synthesizes Ojibwe and Gilded Age Values
Chpater 8. Hattie Wheeler's Writing Succeeds when Loyal to the Ojibwe
Chapter 9. Wheelers Return to the Ojibwe
Chapter 10. Mary Warren English Tries to Preserve Ojibwe Culture.
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